Assault versus Paris seems to be a costly affair so I try to maneuver towards Lyon. Unfortunately the French are to fast and create a defensive line. But since they are not entrenched I plan to break through during the winter.

Edit: My attacks on the British battleship was not going as well as expected and I expect that it will cost my navy dearly. But at least I am in port hexes.

Little to report other than it is more of the same.... The Russian Front remains quiet. I assume Orm will spring a surprise here...or maybe he is just waiting while the main effort is concentrated against the French and British.

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England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson - October 1805

Thank you. I feel I had some luck in winning the sea war and that, I think, helped me a lot in the French campaign. I felt I just a couple of more turns on the offence before the Italians would arrive and create trouble.

Orm, would you have been able to resist if Warspite had attacked Germany with Russia? It looks like you were really focusing on the west.

I am not sure.

Originally I planned for my main attack to be versus Russia. But when the Russian forces went on defense early and I had more success than I expected on the west front I shifted my focus. I slowly withdrew German units from the east front to the west. After Serbia was knocked out of the war I begun to send AH units to the East front. But since Russia did not launch an assault I decided to stay with 5 or 6 Infantry units close to the Italian border as a strategic reserve.

Unfortunately I messed up my screenshots on the East front. This is the only survivor. It shows end of turn 20. Other than the shown units I had 4 more German Garrisons surrounding Koningsberg. And also the 5 or 6 AH Infantry resting on the Italian border or in central AH.